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Diencephalic syndrome

Diencephalic syndrome (DS) is a rare condition characterized by profound emaciation and failure to thrive (with normal caloric intake and normal linear growth), hyperalertness, hyperkinesia and euphoria, in the presence of hypothalamic tumors.

Hemiparesis

Loss of strength in the arm, leg, and sometimes face on one side of the body. Hemiplegia refers to a complete loss of strength, whereas hemiparesis refers to an incomplete loss of strength.

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PMID (PMCID)
1664627	MALE	Child
	[A variant of the epilepsia partialis continua syndrome in a child with hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery].
	Belopitova L, Bozhinova V, Khadzhibekov V. Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1991;91(9):97-101.
	In the course of the illness, the patient developed the diencephalic syndrome associated with arterial hypertension and early puberty, right-handed central hemiparesis, contractures, partial motor aphasia, and a decrease of the intellect.